• Choosing Between Justice And Revenge
    Justice and Social Causes - Living A Principle Driven Life

    Choosing Between Justice And Revenge

    October 10, 2022

    When having to choose between justice and revenge, it seems like many people are choosing revenge. More and more, we see the rise of mob justice, kangaroo courts, custodial deaths, police encounters and the latest in India – bulldozer justice! Choosing Between Justice And Revenge In my home state of Telangana (in South Central India), in recent years, there were two police ‘encounters’ that were really suspect. In the first one, some young men threw acid on two young women who rejected their proposals. The criminals were caught and then shot by the police when they were allegedly trying to…

  • Living A Principle Driven Life - Love and Relationships

    The Secret Sauce Of Relationships

    October 9, 2022

    What’s the secret sauce of relationships, I’ve often wondered. And here, I’m talking about relationships of all kinds. Let me start with a story I remember reading, told by George MacLeod, a Scottish clergyman, about his little girl’s first day of school : I was busy. I was writing letters. I was self-important. My little daughter was going to school that morning for the first time. She came into my room, in her first school uniform. I said, ‘Your tie is not quite straight.’ Then I looked at her eyes. She wasn’t crying. She was unutterably disappointed. She hadn’t come…

  • Do You Listen To The Still Small Voice?
    Faith and Spirituality - Living A Principle Driven Life

    Do You Listen To The Still Small Voice?

    October 8, 2022

    I saw her the other day, the woman who had been my ‘best’ friend for years. Now, we don’t acknowledge each other’s presence. And I felt – nothing. In my heart I wished her well, but I know we’ll never be friends again. Too much has happened and we’re very different women now. Sometimes, life asks us to make tough choices. For me it was standing up for my own happiness – choosing peace over a friendship that had lasted over 25 years. Along the way, I had received a lot of signals that this friendship was not very good for me.…